I know what you mean. I'll never forget going out for a walk in the rain when the weather finally broke in 1976. For a country where two weeks of pleasant weather is regarded as a drought, that summer went on just a bit too long.
On the cold drink front. Am I the only person who finds a cool drink more refreshing than a chilled one? _________________ If a job's worth doing, it's worth paying somebody else to do it properly
I also find it curious how people think you are mad wanting a cup of tea after hard work...they would much rather drink sugary fizz...they do not get it that the tea is refreshing and quenching!!!
I've got a little Breton here looking at me 'so what are we going to do today...obviously you're not at @#%^%&&+** work, so come on, lets DO SOMETHING!!!!!!' Still a gentle drizzle coming down, yippeeee!! _________________ "...amitie, respect mutuel et amour..."
On the cold drink front. Am I the only person who finds a cool drink more refreshing than a chilled one?
I am with you on cool beer rather than cold lager. Given the choice. On a hot continental day - something cold is very pleasant. _________________ Guy, Ellie, Topaz, Catja and in memory Barley
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I'm not talking specifically about alcoholic drinks. Squash, cordial or whatever, if it's too cold it chills your tongue and the back of your mouth. A cool drink "washes" your mouth and throat. It is a much more refreshing thing. _________________ If a job's worth doing, it's worth paying somebody else to do it properly
A little bit of trivia, but a "cold" drink when exercising actually does take more energy to consume than one that is merely cool, your body has some work to do when a drink is real cold. I'm not about to start drinking warm beer though!
Back to the weather it's supposed to be 38C on Tuesday with 39C on Wednesday. Training might have a break for a few days!
I spent a couple of weeks works working in NZ a few years back, at the time in Aus. we had huge bushfires and the locals in NZ couldn't understand how it happens. I said it doesn't rain for months and months, everything dies and catches on fire, they couldn't grasp the concept of no rain.
Cheers,
Waldo
Waldo, our manager's sister lives with her family in Dubai; they came back for Christmas this year and their three year daughter was absolutely terrified of the puddles...she had no idea what they were!!!!! I was living in Adelaide during the fires of the infamous Ash Wednesday...you do not forget that sort of thing in a hurry _________________ "...amitie, respect mutuel et amour..."
Gee, it's hot! Check this out copied and pasted from the local weather station:
41.8°C at 5:30PM, Wed 14 Jan
Not sure if the temp is on the way down or up!
Better go grab a cold beer.
Waldo
I can't say I envy you. We gave up on the summer in 2007 and booked a last minute one week holiday in Kefalonia. The forcasted temperature for the first day was 39°C. I remarked that I wasn't sure I could cope with it. When we arrived the temperature was reported as being 44°C and expected to rise. I lost the will to move at one point. Never drank so much water in all my life. 40 litres between the two of us at the apartment plus whatever we had when we were out. _________________ If a job's worth doing, it's worth paying somebody else to do it properly
Nearly 3 litres a day each. To be fair, we got through 20 x 2 litre bottles. Some went in making tea, so there was a little wastage there but after walking up a steep hill for over 5 minutes (think of the hill leading up to Lincoln Cathedral for anybody who knows it) with 4 x 2 litre bottles plus some shopping and beach stuff, in that sort of temperature, one bottle got demolished fairly quickly. It doesn't help when "a certain person" decides that paying to use the air conditioning is a waste of money
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